News overview Wageningen University & Research
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Winner of the 4th Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge announced
- The tomatoes have been harvested and weighed, the yields and costs calculated, and the results added up. With this, the winner of the 2024 Autonomous... -
The bear truth: conflict can be prevented with brand-new radar
- As human populations expand and climate change disrupts natural habitats, the Eurasian brown bear increasingly conflicts with people. A new technology... -
Can we get rapid tests for avian influenza?
- An experiment in an animal ambulance gave rise to the question whether rapid tests for Influenza A, normally reserved for people, could also be used... -
WBVR to test calves and bluetongue samples for presence of FMD
- An infection with Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMD) has been detected in three water buffaloes in the German state of Brandenburg. Minister Femke... -
Training and influencer boost safer street food in West Africa
- Wageningen University & Research (WUR) participated in a project to improve street food safety in Burkina Faso. Grilled chicken sellers were... -
Surprising discovery: Shade plants capture more light than expected
- Plants in the shade utilize more light for photosynthesis than previously thought. A team of researchers from Utrecht University and Wageningen... -
Professor Harm Veling Appointed as Chair of the Consumption and Healthy Lifestyles Group at Wageningen University & Research
- Professor Harm Veling, a leading expert in psychology and behavior change, has been appointed as Chair of the Consumption and Healthy Lifestyles (CHL)... -
Changing boreal tree densities lead to higher wildfire risk and alter crucial forest functions
- The extensive northern forests of Canada, Alaska and Siberia are about to fundamentally change their tree density because of climate change. According... -
New ways to better measure biodiversity
- Scientists, farmers and policy makers are striving for more biodiversity by applying nature-inclusive agriculture and other initiatives. Do new forms... -
Elke Scholten appointed Personal Professor in the Department of Physics and Physical Chemistry of Foods
- The Executive Board has appointed Elke Scholten as a personal professor within the ‘Physics and Physical Chemistry of Foods’ chair group...